MILPITAS, CA -- The year-end update to the SEMI World Fab Forecast report reveals 2017 spending on fab equipment investments will reach an all-time high of $57 billion.

AUSTIN, TX – More than 80 companies are developing autonomous vehicles, and many more are involved in providing sensors and computational systems for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), says TechSearch International.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $37.7 billion in November, up 21.5% from the previous year.

TAIPEI – Quanta Computer will invest nearly $200 million in its notebook manufacturing subsidiaries in mainland China, the company announced last week.

MODI'IN-MACCADBIM-RE'UT, ISRAEL -- Flex will open a new, 330,000 sq. ft. production facility here and add more than 200 workers once the site is up and running.

GOLDEN, CO -- Photo Stencil LLC today filed a motion in US bankruptcy court for the sale of substantially all its assets.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics appointed Roop K. Lakkaraju as executive vice president and CFO. Lakkaraju replaces Don Adam, who is retiring at the end of the year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC’s 5-31j Cleaning Compatibility Task Group introduced IPC-9505, Guideline Methodology for Assessing Component and Cleaning Materials Compatibility, an alternative to Mil-Std-202, Method 215.

ATLANTA, GA – The exhibition floor is sold out for PCB West, the largest conference and exhibition for printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly in the Silicon Valley, UP Media Group Inc. said today.

SELLBYVILLE, DE – The automotive electronics market is forecast to exceed $390 billion by 2024, up 8% from 2017 to 2024, according to Global Market Insights.

MILPITAS, CA — The 90-day average sales among North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 27.2% year-over-year, according to the SEMI trade group.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal first quarter 2018 net revenue of $5.6 billion, up 9.4% year-over-year.